This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

Search this puzzle for animal onomatopoeias. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it's describing. These words are sounds made by animals!

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

These similes got mixed up! With this simile worksheet, students will choose from a selection of words to complete the scrambled similes.

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language ski

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.

Let's get as silly as a goose with these similes! Students will get creative as they finish simple similes with this introductory worksheet. After they finish, give them a chance to share their favorites with the class!

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

Many idioms are a dime a dozen. Give kids a chance to flex their figurative language skills and creativity by having them write and illustrate their very own idioms. Students will find that time really does fly when they're having fun!

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Successful students set sail with alliteration! Use this resource with your students to practice writing sentences using alliteration.

Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

Ooh, onomatopoeia! This is a word that mimics a sound: like the "slurp" of spaghetti, a dog's "woof", or comic book sounds like "crash", "bam" and "bang".

This fantastically fun worksheet is a great way for students to practice using alliteration.

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

Have some fun with the alphabet as you learn all about alliteration! Create an alliteration for every letter of the alphabet.

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.